‘We Were Flying Blind’: A Dr.’s Account of a Woman’s J.&J. Vaccine-Related Blood Clot Case

The disorder is rare, but so severe that the vaccine is on hold while experts weigh the risks and alert doctors and patients about symptoms and treatment.…

How to watch the Lyrid meteor shower

The Lyrid meteor shows will light up the skies from April 16 to April 30. Here's how to watch.…

Intriguing Warp Drive Research Dashes Faster Than Light Travel Dreams – But Reveals Stranger Possibilities

In 1994, physicist Miguel Alcubierre proposed a radical technology that would allow faster than light travel: the warp drive, a hypothetical way to skirt around... The post Intriguing Warp Drive Research…

NASA Artemis 2024 explained: How we’ll return to the Moon

Today we’re taking a look at the NASA Artemis mission in as basic a way as possible – think of this as the doorway to interest in the whole mission…

Microplastics Are Now Spiralling Around The Globe in The Air We Breathe

We've really trashed the place.…

What the Oldest Known Cave Painting Reveals About Early Humans (and What It Doesn't)

Ancient humans began to draw symbols on caves at least 45,500 years ago, according to a surprising finding on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi.…

Archaeologists Uncover Evidence From Monumental Tombs of Domesticated Dogs in Ancient Arabian Peninsula

Dog bones dated between circa 4200 and 4000 BCE discovered. A team of archaeologists in north-west the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has uncovered the earliest... The post Archaeologists Uncover Evidence From…

Dinosaur tally research begins with Tyrannosaurus rex per square mile

Research published this week showed a team interested in the total population of individual species of dinosaurs. They began their work with one of the best-known dinosaurs, Tyrannosaurus rex, taking…

NASA picks SpaceX Starship for Artemis 2024 Moon lander

NASA has announced SpaceX will build the Artemis Lunar Lander, the craft which will return American astronauts to the surface of the Moon. The Artemis mission is scheduled to launch…

Meltwater Pulse 1A: Melting Ice Sheets Caused Sea Levels to Rise Up to 18 Meters

It is well known that climate-induced sea level rise is a major threat. New research has found that previous ice loss events could have caused... The post Meltwater Pulse 1A: Melting…

Pharma, US Government Plan for COVID-19 Booster Shots

It's unclear how long protections against infection will last from the initial vaccinations, and health authorities say additional jabs will likely be necessary.…

Trained Dogs Can Detect COVID-19 With Surprising Accuracy by Sniffing Your Pee

The nose knows.…

Japan Just Had Its Earliest Peak Bloom of Cherry Blossoms in 1,200 Years. Is Climate Change to Blame?

An exceptionally warm spring has led to the early arrival of cherry blossoms in Japan, causing researchers to draw patterns between local temperature increases and global warming.…

Coronavirus News Roundup, April 10--April 16

Pandemic highlights for the week -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com…

Hypnotic New NASA Visualization Probes the Light-Bending Dance of Binary Black Holes

A pair of orbiting black holes millions of times the Sun’s mass perform a hypnotic pas de deux in a new NASA visualization. The movie... The post Hypnotic New NASA Visualization…

The Trojan-Horse Mechanism: How Network-Based Recruitment Can Reduce Gender Segregation

  The social science literature has long viewed homophily and network-based job recruitment as crucial drivers of segregation. Researchers at Linköping University and ESADE, Ramon... The post The Trojan-Horse Mechanism: How…

Our Pandemic Trash Is Killing Wildlife on a Devastating Scale, Scientists Warn

Stop littering your PPE.…

LabTalk Podcast - Bugs with Drugs: Repurposing a Pathogenic Bacteria’s Weapon

A Pause on J&J, Preparation for Booster Shots, and More News

Catch up on the most important updates from this week.…

COVID-19: Scientists Identify Human Genes That Fight SARS-CoV-2 Infection

Research pinpoints interferon stimulating genes that control SARS-CoV-2 replication. Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys have identified a set of human genes that fight SARS-CoV-2 infection,... The post COVID-19: Scientists Identify Human…

Tiny Jurassic 'Monkeydactyl' has the oldest pair of thumbs on Earth

Researchers unearthed the fossil of a pterosaur with opposable thumbs, making it the oldest known animal with thumbs on Earth.…

New CRISPR technology offers unrivaled control of epigenetic inheritance

Scientists have figured out how to modify CRISPR's basic architecture to extend its reach beyond the genome and into what's known as the epigenome -- proteins and small molecules that…

Why the Vaccine Safety Numbers Are Still Fuzzy

Putting a risk in context: The rate of blood clots is extremely low, but the pause in the Johnson & Johnson vaccine could reveal more cases.…

Beyond COVID, the Future of mRNA Is Bright

Scientists say the technology behind the COVID-19 vaccines could change medicine and lead to new treatments against diseases like malaria, cancer and HIV.…

As many as 2.5 billion Tyrannosaurus rexes once stalked Earth

Digging deep into T.rex's history helped researchers determine how many of these apex predators ever existed.…

To become queen, these ants shrink their brains and balloon their ovaries (then, they reverse it)

The researchers say that brain plasticity like this may not just be a trick of the ants. Other animals could do it too, and we may only just be noticing.…

Covid-19 news: Infections in England at lowest level in 7 months

The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus cases, the latest news, features and interviews from New Scientist and essential information about the covid-19 pandemic…

Fast radio bursts shown to include lower frequency radio waves than previously detected

A team of researchers has established that fast radio bursts (FRBs) include radio waves at frequencies lower than ever detected before, a discovery that redraws the boundaries for theoretical astrophysicists…